The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-26

lie InSU bO dTTlN6 Was DldGE-uduCu
Russian, Slavonic in type, slight in figure,
with furtive expression and countenance,
guarded in his words, and seemingly sus-
picious of his surroundings as he glanced at
the interior of the mansion. He had been
student at st. Petersburg, and had been
charged, said my host, with being concerned
in the dynamite explosion in the Winter
Palace during the reign of the fated Car
Alexander H., who was finally killed by
bomb in the streets. The day after the ex-
plosion he was in q dungeon of the fortress
of ST. Peter and Paul and two days after
ward he was condemned to the scaffold by
the military tribunal, with three days OF
grace before execution. Fortunately for
him, money is a power even in a Russian
fortress, and his aristocratic family used 1t
lavishly in his behalf so that on the morning
set for the execution his cell was found
vacant, and before the uproar among the
officials had ended the alarmed Governor
of the fortress was doomed to Siberia by
executive order" for negligence of duty.
The next arrival was the young Russian
woman, large in the mouth, high in the
cheek bones, small in the eyes, and wearing
some gay articles of the unique garb of little
Russia who, as our host told me, had been
found guilty of completely in a conspiracy
at Kharkoff, and had been sentenced TO the
fate that overlook Sophia Peroffsky. The
next arrival was Spaniard of the "Black
IA.
army to join the instruction at Carthagena,
and who, upon the capture of the city, had
been condemned by drum head court-martial
to be shot, but who, in the confusion at the
close of the struggle in the harbor, got aboard
of a small trader bound for Gibraltar, in
which he concealed himself till he reached
British soil A refugee of the Paris Com
mune of 1871, sentenced to be shot by Gen.
Gallifet, next joined us and was introduced
to the party. He was one of the hundreds
who, by various subterfuges, made their
escape during the progress of the executions
in March, and several OF whom are yet in
this city. Next came German Anarchist
who had been implicated in Hodels attempt
upon the Kaiser, but who had evaded the
arrest which was necessary TO the execution
of his sentence. Our last conner closed the
list of half dozen in the person of gray
haired conspirator whom our host called
THE Unknown" and of whom no infor-
nation was given beyond the fact that his
revolutionary career had once brought him
within the pale of the executioner. He
spoke perfectly the English language, with
which also the two Russians had a speaking
acquaintance, and which was spoken with
broken accents of differing kinds by the
three others 1t was a polyglot group of
five different races, beside my friend and
myself, but we all fraternized, as we were
bound to do under the circumstances, before
host. The half dozen guests were all in
rough garb that strongly contrasted with
their rich environment, all of them being
refugees who are compelled TO exc out
living by devious means in those quarters
of the city where the poorest class of
foreigners huddle in the tenements. The
decorations of the banqueting table were
worthy of the feast which our host had in
structed his French chef to prepare for the
occasion. but the service had to be managed
by our host and myself, because the guests
had been promised privacy in their enter
tainmcnt.
The six condemned revolutionary conspi-
rat )rs were at the table, with Miss Blank
OH our hosts right, myself in front of him.
Course succeeded course white wine was
folove by Burgundy till the piece nc re-
Sistdnce was laved in champagne, and finally,
after several hours Of enjoyment, the ban
uuet gently closed amid the fragrant fumec
that soothe the quickened brain. The
demeanor of every guest had been worthy
of the couitly host, and 1t turned ont that
all were possessed of intelligence more
surprising TO me than TO him. We were
apart from the world, though in the heart
OF the city. We were alone behind closed
doorS We met on terms of equality and
confidence. We conversed freely, without
reserve We spoke Of revolutions, conspira-
ries and plots, of despots and their power,
of surprising escapes, hairbreadtn adventures
and the ragged edge. At last, as nightfall
approached, it was agreed that each Of the
condemned should tell the tale of his
revolutionary career. Then followed a
series of narratives which would make one
of the weirdest volumes ever written,
G. ough some Oh them were hardly intelligi-
bic ih the broken English lii waicil they